Expectative — • An expectative, or an expectative grace, is the anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia

Expectative — Ex*pect a*tive, a. [Cf. F. expectatif.] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. [1913 Webster] {Expectative grace}, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Expectative — In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, an expectative, or an expectative grace (from the Latin expectare , to expect or wait for), is the anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so … Wikipedia